Tie dye is typically colored patterns of fabrics or garments
made of fabric or mesh, usually in cotton, by means of a counter-dyeing process
known as tie-dyeing. This is a modern version of traditional tie dyeing methods
used in many cultures around the world.
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Tie dyeing became fashionable in the West in the late 1960
and early 1970, as part of hippie style. It 'became popular in the United
States by musicians such as John Sebastian and Janis Joplin. They are often
used during their show.
Tie dyeing their own words derived from English, that means a
tie dye. Usually brightly colored, with a single ground. There are various
designs are often used as spiral, v style, and random (irregular). With the
changing times, tie dye pattern more varied, creative and daring.
O Sodium carbonate may be added directly to the dye solution
or as a pre-treatment. With this technique, the dye must be within one or two
hours, the dye is reacted with sodium carbonate. In another possible variant of
the dyed fabric, and then immersed in a solution of sodium carbonate.
After a sufficient time allowed for the reaction between the
dye and the fiber to complete, depending on the temperature, and open the cloth
certain dyes, rinsed with cold water, and finally washed with hot water.
Detergents called Synthrapol preferred by many dyers, although any neutral
detergent may be used. During the tie-dyeing, such as good fiber reactive dyes
are used, the chemical reaction that permanently bonds the colored paint on the
fabric, making tie-dye safe to wash with other garments after excess dye was
removed.
How to Dye
Though many types of dyes are used, most tie-dye dyers noe
with reactive dyes Procion MX fiber. This class of dyes is working at
temperatures roo; permanent adhesion molecules of cellulose fibers (cotton,
rayaon, hemp, flax), as well as hand, when the ph is increased. Sodium
carbonate (soda) is typically used to raise the ph and is either added directly
to the dye, or in aqueous solution in which the clothes are not submerged in tie
dyeing.They to washing, but it will be color sunlight over time.
